Bird’s Nest Pocky Cake | ポッキー入り巣のケーキ

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This is a nest cake that is actually filled with eggs! Well, delicious creme eggs, that is! How this cake looks is totally up to your creativity! You could use different coloured pocky to have a more colourful nest, or fill it with different things to create any scene that you like! I think that this is so perfect for Easter and it looks absolutely beautiful when set at a table.
I found that freezing the milk chocolate bars (I used Lindt Excellence milk chocolate) made it much easier to grate when creating the chocolate shavings, and it didn’t melt as quickly in my hands. If you find that it’s melting before you have enough shavings, just pop the bar back in the freezer for a few minutes to stiffen up.

To make the cake:
1. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, dissolve the instant coffee in the hot water. Then add the cocoa powder and vanilla, whisk together, then pour into the dry mixture. Add the vegetable oil, chocolate chips and vinegar, and mix until everything is well combined.
2. Pour half of the mixture into a greased 8 inch cake mold. Then stick the crème eggs into the batter, making sure that they don’t touch the bottom of the pan. Cover with the remaining cake batter, making sure to fully cover the eggs. Bake the cake at 375F for 45-50 minutes, or until fully cooked. Allow the cake to fully cool before decorating.

To decorate the cake:
1. Coat the entire cake in a layer of chocolate buttercream, then using a cheese grater, grate a bar of milk chocolate over the entire cake to look like twigs. Gently press on the chocolate flakes to cake to stick them to the buttercream.
2. Snap the Pocky into smaller pieces, and arrange them in a circle to create a nest, building out towards the edges of the cake.
3. Melt some white chocolate and dye it your desired colours. Pour it into a bird-shaped chocolate mold to create birds to decorate the cake.
4. Fill the nest with the chocolate birds and mini eggs, and enjoy!